Improvement in wrenches



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LORING GOES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRENCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ISS,2S5, dated March13, 1877; application filed February 17, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORING GOES, of Worcester, in the county ofWorcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Screw-Wrenches; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a description of my said invention sufficiently full,clear, and exact, to enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 represents a view of a wrench constructed in accordancewith my invention. One-half of the handle is shown in side view, andone-half in section. Fig 2 represents a transverse section at linear .r,Fig. l.

The nature of my invention consists in a metallic handle constructed andarranged in the peculiar manner hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A denotes the wrench-bar; B B, thejaws; U, the rosetteand screw, and D the ferrule, all of which may be of the ordinaryconstruction, the lower end of the ferrule terminating with acylindrical rim, as at d. E indicates the handle, which I make in twosections or halves,jointed together longitudinally, as at a a. Each halfforms a thin hollow shell of metal, and may be made by casting withoutcoring, or the parts may be swaged or struck up from sheet metal insuitable torming-dies. Offsets or shoulders I) are formed at the upperends of 'the sections, to fit into or against the end (1 of the ferruleD, while similar ofl'sets or shoulders e are provided at the lower ends,which are embraced by the rim or flange f on the upper edge of thetip-nut F.

The edges ca are jointed 0E square, so that the sections fit closelyagainst each other, thus forming a full cylindrical handle, and he twoparts are firmly locked and held in position by the nut F, when screwedonto the end of the bar shank A, the shoulders I) 6 being thus clampedagainst the end of ferrule D and the nut-flange f, in the mannerillustrated.

I The exterior of the handle E may be ornamented or roughened by anysuitable pattern stamped in by the forming-dies.

This form of handle is light, strong, and durable; it can be cheaplyconstructed and readily fitted to position; it firmly supports theferrule against back strain from the jaw B, and, while giving a similarexternal form, it is not subject to become loose or worn, like a handleformed from wood.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. The metallic handle E, formed of thin hollow sections or shellsfitted to each other at their edges a a, and provided with ofl'sets orshoulders I) and e at their ends, substantially as andt'or the purposeset forth.

2. The combination, with the barA and ferrule D, in a screw-wrench, ofthe metal handle E, formed in two halves or sections, and having offsetsor shoulders I) e, and the flanged tip Ff, substantially as shown anddescribed.

LORING GOES.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. BURLEIG-H, OHAs. B. STILWELL.

